Major conflict149 BCE – 146 BCE · 3 years

Third Punic War

Carthage · North Africa

Estimated casualties

100K – 200Kestimated dead

HEADLINE150K — the single figure used on the map

149-146 BC. Destruction of Carthage. Siege of Carthage dominates casualties.

SOURCEWikipedia: Third Punic War

The final war between Rome and Carthage ending with the complete destruction of Carthage and Roman dominance over the Mediterranean.

Belligerents2

  • Rome
  • Carthage

ON THE MAPRoman RepublicCarthaginian Empire

Conflict graph

PART OFPunic Wars

Sources

  1. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Third Punic War (149 BCE – 146 BCE). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/third-punic-war · Sources & methodology